'Govt should pursue case as per Liberhan findings'

The CPI(M) on Tuesday asked the government to pursue cases against those found responsible for the demolition of Babri Masjid by the Liberhan Commission, saying the December 6, 1992 incident was the "most serious assault" on India's secular democracy.

"Though justice has been delayed for 17 long years, in this case, justice must be done. If the law has been broken, legal action has to be taken. Concrete action must be taken against the perpetrators on the basis of the evidence gathered in the report," CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury told reporters here.

He said the main issue of giving exemplary punishment to those found guilty of "most serious assault on our secular democratic polity should not be deflected" by the demand for a probe into the alleged leakage of the report to the media.

The Liberhan Commission "only confirms that the preplanned conspiracy" to demolish the Babri Masjid and its recommendations should be taken in concert with the chargesheet filed in 1997 in the designated court in Lucknow and its verdict, Yechury said.

To questions on Atal Bihari Vajpayee's alleged involvement, he said the full report needed to be studied to confirm whether it contains any such reference. "However, Vajpayee himself has gone on record to say that he was asked to remain in Lucknow and not proceed to Ayodhya, which he did."

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